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McKenzie Siroky Ready for Moment as Swim-Off Win Launches International Career For 48 hours, McKenzie Siroky went over the minutiae that would decide if she qualified for her first World Championships. She was aiming for something akin to her performance in the event's prelims, only without the half...

Lessons From Hockey Career Helped McKenzie Siroky Excel at First NCAA Championships At the beginning of her senior year of high school, McKenzie Siroky was focused on her future as a collegiate hockey player at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. But in the ensuing months, Siroky made the tough deci...

Underrated Tennessee Women’s Swim Team in Hunt For Return to National Top-Five The Tennessee women’s swim and dive team has been overshadowed both by the powerhouse women’s programs against whom they battle at the NCAA Championships as well as their male counterparts, with a sprint group led by Jord...

SEC Championships, Day 6 Prelims: Tennessee’s Camille Spink Chasing Free Triple Among all the records and near-records at the SEC Championships this week, the women’s competition has flown somewhat under the radar. Absent a title race, with Texas dominating, the intrigue has been subdued to a degree...

U.S. Olympic Trials: Lilly King Headed to Third Games in 100 Breast; Emma Weber Edges Lydia Jacoby An Olympic Trials final that features the last two Olympic champions is never going to be exactly easy. Even by those standards, Monday’s women’s 100 breaststroke provided a shock. Home-state hero Lill...

NCAA Women's Championships, Day 3 Finals: Alex Walsh Dominates 100 Breast, Jumps to No. 3 All-Time With Title in Fifth Event During her undergraduate years, Alex Walsh was a key contributor to four team titles for the University of Virginia while winning eight individual NCAA titles between the indi...

TYR Pro Swim Series Westmont: Claire Weinstein Grabs Top Seed in 200 Free The morning after her win in the 800 free, Claire Weinstein followed it up Thursday morning by taking the top seed in the women’s 200 free at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Westmont. Swimming for Sandpipers of Nevada, Weinstein we...

US Nationals Day 3 Finals: Vintage Lilly King Dominates 50 Breaststroke; Tie for Second Lilly King announced the end is near, but she is still far from done. The Olympic gold medalist has been a mainstay on the national team for a decade and though she announced this will be her final season, she ma...

SEC Championships, Day 5 Prelims: Emma Sticklen, Luca Urlando Set Pace in 200 Flys The SEC Championships are, among their many superlatives, the place for 200 butterfliers this week. Texas’ Emma Sticklen entered the meet with the fastest time in the nation on the women’s side. Luca Urlando is barely...

McKenzie Siroky, Lucy Bell Enter College Season as Breaststroke Favorites Over the past four years, a group of internationally-accomplished breaststrokers have dominated the 100 and 200-yard events at the NCAA Women’s Championships. University of Virginia stars Kate Douglass and Alex Walsh won multi...

U.S. Nationals, Day 5 Finals: McKenzie Siroky Punches Worlds Ticket With Swim-Off Win; Erin Gemmell Tops 200 Free Tiebreaker Several roster decisions for the U.S. World Championships team remained unsettled headed into the last night of competition at U.S. Nationals, and those were sorted out in a s...

Tennessee Sweeps Duke in Dual Meet With Unusual Multi-Day Format The Tennessee Volunteers wrapped up their dual-meet schedule with a two-day trip to Durham, N.C., to face the Duke Blue Devils in a two-day meet following the usual event lineup Friday before a sprint-focused meet Saturday. The Tenness...

Michigan Men, Tennessee Women Secure Third Place The Michigan men’s team and the women from Tennessee secured third place at the inaugural CSCAA Dual Meet Challenge on Sunday. Michigan scored a 37-19 victory over Virginia in the men’s third-place match, a wider margin than Saturday’s 24-20 win. The ...

Freshman Focus (Part Two): Wolfpack Duo of Leah Shackley, Erika Pelaez Rocketing Up Rankings The North Carolina State women’s team is in good hands following the departure of Olympic medalist Katharine Berkoff, who won a trio of 100-yard backstroke national titles during her five years of collegiate...

Luca Urlando Downs NCAA Record in 200 Fly as Georgia, Tennessee Split Luca Urlando lowered the eight-year-old NCAA record in the men’s 200 butterfly Saturday afternoon in a dual meet with Tennessee. Urlando went 1:37.17 at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatics Center, which takes down the NCAA re...